Using a combination of maps ranging from 1835 to the early 19th century, Talbot created the first comprehensive map of the Erie Canal, including the enlarged and barge canals. The digital project ...

Apr 13, 2025 Apr 13, 2025 Updated May 20, 2025 0 As the bicentennial of the completion of the Erie Canal is celebrated ... Riley has also created a Google Map of the trail that can be found ...

On July 4, 1817, a shovel full of dirt, dug in Rome, marked the start of the original Erie Canal. It was officially completed in the fall of 1825, stretching from Albany to Buffalo.

The Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor and the New York State Canal Corporation recently announced the release of new educational materials geared for fourth graders learning about the Erie ...

The Erie Canal, America’s 19th century engineering marvel, and the promise of a new nation The Erie Canal, one of the earliest transcendent tales of the American experience and an endeavor first ...

In 1995, Tammee Poinan Grimes’s parents purchased a 60-foot-long tour boat to use for sightseeing cruises along the Erie Canal. The expense of shipping the boat from San Francisco to Upstate New ...

Fairport, N.Y. — Monroe County is celebrating two centuries of the waterway that put Rochester on the map. It was opening day Friday on the Erie Canal, which is marking its 200th anniversary.

Fairport, N.Y. (WHAM) — A new chapter has made the historic Erie Canal more accessible. Carla MacDougall and her daughter, Anna, spent a day in Fairport kayaking on the Erie Canal. It's a ...

one example that I used a lot was, showing them a map overlaying, I-90 and the old Erie Canal and the alignment line up almost perfectly. And I think it's incredible to think about this piece of ...